Here's everything you need to know on Friday.
1. US President Donald Trump has reportedly asked Heather Nauert, the State Department spokeswoman, to replace Nikki Haley as the UN ambassador. Haley abruptly resigned in October and is set to leave by the end of the year.
2. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats will vote for a new party leader. The frontrunners are Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Merkel's protege, and Friedrich Merz, a Merkel rival.
3. Ukraine is urging the west to increase sanctions against Russia. Kiev has accused Moscow of sowing "instability and insecurity...Read more ...

President Trump has tapped State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as the new ambassador to the United Nations after Nikki Haley's surprise resignation. Nauert, 48, spent years at Fox News - including her most recent gig at “Fox & Friends” - before joining the State Department in April 2017,...Read more ...